Police: Orlando Teen Faked Kidnapping

Boy, 17, Disappeared From Tennis Tournament

Police said an Orlando teenager is accused of staging his own kidnapping to get $50,000 in ransom money from his father.

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Authorities with the Delray Beach Police Department said Kevin Ashton, 17, faces charges of staging the kidnapping to extort ransom from his father.

Neighbors said they're shocked.

"I honestly have never seen him in trouble. He is a good kid. He has a good family. It doesn't make any sense at all," neighbor Cynthia Madsen said. "It's just a nice family, and he's a really good kid. He's always polite."

There was no answer at the Ashton family's residence in Baldwin Park on Wednesday.

Investigators said Ashton was reported missing from a professional-celebrity tennis tournament Sunday, which prompted a massive search for him.

On the same day, a man called the father demanding $50,000 for the safe return of the son.

FBI agents tracked the teenager and his friend to the Budget Inn on Federal Highway in South Florida. Ashton was taken to the Police Department, but Joshua Pee, 23, fled from the motel and ran into a residence.